The Grenada gazette., 1887-11-05

] IL UOWn anu CiucH A. uHuca Ao"'s -"
for this one night l will allow mysel
the 10y of knowing that he did come.
he did come; tho rest can not eyc'
guess at.
Happy. miserable, restless, and We
soothed, came down the next morn
ing and found | could settle down t.
nothing in the way OF business The
piano stood where it had been placed
the day before for the girls. and after
many vain efforts to attend properly
to writing which ought to have beer
done, l wandered up to it and sat mt
down listlessly. trying to pick up the
thread Of all that child's sympathetic
tigers had done such full Justice to;
and as | played my heart grew lighter,
and by degrees my Mendelssohns
modNated off into lighter music, and
found uyself be;ltiny time once more
with my foot to that Waldteuffel
walse which had been dearer to me
than all beside. How l played it! !
threw my heart, my whole heart into
it; and as / came to the final chord l
suddenly flung my arms upon the desk
in front of me and burst into such o
passion of weeping as l had never in
all my life given way to. How long
wept do not know; but I know that
then and there I prayed with all my
might for strength to root out, for
good and all. this cruel, absorbing.
disgraceful love, and rising with one
last strangled sob and firm determi.
nation that not another should escape
me now or ever again. l saw the door
opening quietly, and in one moment
Mike had hold of both my hands. In
vain tried to pull them away. They
were gently but firmly gripped, and
his dear voice spoke rapidly in agi.
tated loving tones:
'Dont speak, darling, I know what
you think. Let me speak first for the
sake of the dear old times. Let me
clear up matters first. am not The
blackguard you think me-God forbid.
Sit down, and let me speak,
What could l do but obey him?
sat down, and as he spoke my heart
leaped and danced within me till l
could have shouted for joy, and yet l
felt ashamed of my delight. For had
he had not gone through deep waters,
dear fellow9 The poor, little, frivolous
childish wife had lived but one year,
but had wrought such havoc in that
short time that it were more charitable |
to tell nothing of it to any who did not |
know the miserable story already. |
Peace be with her. poor thing. l need
hink of her no more
Then came the explanation of our
1wn misiortllnes He had gone straight
rom my door the previous evening
lown to the dear old home to see my
'rother and arrive at that explana
ion. 1t was simple enough.
My good sister-in-law on that event.
ul morning nine years before had
'een frightened about one of her in.
ants. and had bidden the servants to
ldmit no one.
mot for the young ladies. mum!
ot for Miss Hannahp' the butler had
.sked; and she in all simplicity, poor
oul, had said and believed: Miss
Hannah will not wish to see any one,
lther,' and so the answer had been
iyen full in his face when Mike had
allied.
Miss Hannah Grey not at home!
'ou are sureP' he had asked, incredu.
ously
Quite sure, sir; my h'orders werc
hat Miss Hannah, pertickler, didn't
Fish TO see no one who might call.
IT. Grey, sirp MI. Grey is h'out."
The story had taken long to tell, bnt
hung upon every word Of it, and as
came to an end the honest, loving
ray eyes looked full in mine, and my
ands were once more imprisoned.
You know my story now, my darling,
thought that you could-that yon
-ould-"
"Bless you! She won't mind" broke
upon us in hoarsely confidential
'nes and springing up we faced :
ound toward the winta,w, whence |!
ame the startling sounds
Mikes protecting arm was round y.
'e N an instant, and Polly, swinging
iolently head downward from the :
ng inside his cage, shriekcd aloud: =.
Hannah! Hannah! You don't mind, ,
0 your =
And this time l din't.-Murray's ..
Iagayise.